Daily Archive: July 22, 2017
Alexander Pervy
Alexander Pervy (1960-1985) was one of my personal favorite athletes in Olympic weightlifting. Very slick technician and strong lifter, he definitely was a clutch lifter in the competitions. The more pressure was mounting in...
Bonk
Gerd Bonk of East Germany performs a clean-and-jerk lift (cj). The cj lift was the strongest lift of Bonk. It was Gerd Bonk who bypassed the 250kg record mark in the clean-and-jerk. Special thanks...
Schemansky and Kono in Switzerland
Legendary U.S. weightlifters Norbert Schemansky and Tommy Kono are captured on camera during the international tournament in Basel, Switzerland in 1953. Special thanks for the original b/w photo sent to us by Rolf Eberhard...